[RFC PATCH v1 26/30] sysctl: net: use sysctl_field for MPLS sysctls
From: Alexey Gladkov
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 15:53:33 EST
MPLS clones both its per-net and per-device sysctl tables so
registration can turn offset-based entries into pointers to the
corresponding network namespace or MPLS device. These mutable copies
then have to remain allocated until the sysctls are unregistered.
Use sysctl_field accessors to resolve per-net data from struct sysctl_context,
and embed that context in an MPLS device-specific wrapper for the
per-device table. This allows both descriptor arrays to remain static
and const while preserving access to the network namespace and mpls_dev
state.
Remove the per-instance table clones, offset arithmetic, and matching
unregister-time frees.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 4 ++
net/mpls/af_mpls.c | 154 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 96 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index bbdb0fcfbcd4..6cf2ef4f13e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ struct ctl_table_root {
__register_sysctl_fields(set, path, fields, ARRAY_SIZE(fields), \
(ctx), sizeof(*(ctx)))
+#define register_sysctl_fields_ctx(set, path, fields, ctx) \
+ __register_sysctl_fields(set, path, fields, ARRAY_SIZE(fields), \
+ (&(ctx)->context), sizeof(*(ctx)))
+
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
void proc_sys_poll_notify(struct ctl_table_poll *poll);
diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 26340a7306b5..5b58fea375e7 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -1387,74 +1387,62 @@ static int mpls_netconf_dump_devconf(struct sk_buff *skb,
return err;
}
-#define MPLS_PERDEV_SYSCTL_OFFSET(field) \
- (&((struct mpls_dev *)0)->field)
+struct mpls_dev_ctl_context {
+ struct sysctl_context context;
+ struct mpls_dev *mdev;
+};
+
+static void *mpls_dev_data(const struct sysctl_context *ctx)
+{
+ const struct mpls_dev_ctl_context *mpls_ctx =
+ container_of(ctx, struct mpls_dev_ctl_context, context);
+
+ return mpls_ctx->mdev;
+}
static int mpls_conf_proc(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
- int oval = *(int *)ctl->data;
- int ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ struct mpls_dev *mdev = ctl->data;
+ int oval = mdev->input_enabled;
+ struct ctl_table tmp = *ctl;
+ int ret;
- if (write) {
- struct mpls_dev *mdev = ctl->extra1;
- int i = (int *)ctl->data - (int *)mdev;
- struct net *net = ctl->extra2;
- int val = *(int *)ctl->data;
+ tmp.data = &mdev->input_enabled;
+ ret = proc_dointvec(&tmp, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
- if (i == offsetof(struct mpls_dev, input_enabled) &&
- val != oval) {
- mpls_netconf_notify_devconf(net, RTM_NEWNETCONF,
- NETCONFA_INPUT, mdev);
- }
- }
+ if (write && ret == 0 && mdev->input_enabled != oval)
+ mpls_netconf_notify_devconf(dev_net(mdev->dev), RTM_NEWNETCONF,
+ NETCONFA_INPUT, mdev);
return ret;
}
-static const struct ctl_table mpls_dev_table[] = {
- {
- .procname = "input",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = mpls_conf_proc,
- .data = MPLS_PERDEV_SYSCTL_OFFSET(input_enabled),
- },
+static const struct sysctl_field mpls_dev_table[] = {
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("input", 0644, sizeof(int), mpls_dev_data,
+ mpls_conf_proc),
};
static int mpls_dev_sysctl_register(struct net_device *dev,
struct mpls_dev *mdev)
{
char path[sizeof("net/mpls/conf/") + IFNAMSIZ];
- size_t table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(mpls_dev_table);
struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
- struct ctl_table *table;
- int i;
-
- table = kmemdup(&mpls_dev_table, sizeof(mpls_dev_table), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!table)
- goto out;
-
- /* Table data contains only offsets relative to the base of
- * the mdev at this point, so make them absolute.
- */
- for (i = 0; i < table_size; i++) {
- table[i].data = (char *)mdev + (uintptr_t)table[i].data;
- table[i].extra1 = mdev;
- table[i].extra2 = net;
- }
+ struct mpls_dev_ctl_context ctx = {
+ .context.ns.net_ns = net,
+ .mdev = mdev,
+ };
snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "net/mpls/conf/%s", dev->name);
- mdev->sysctl = register_net_sysctl_sz(net, path, table, table_size);
+ mdev->sysctl = register_sysctl_fields_ctx(&net->sysctls, path,
+ mpls_dev_table, &ctx);
if (!mdev->sysctl)
- goto free;
+ goto out;
mpls_netconf_notify_devconf(net, RTM_NEWNETCONF, NETCONFA_ALL, mdev);
return 0;
-free:
- kfree(table);
out:
mdev->sysctl = NULL;
return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -1464,14 +1452,11 @@ static void mpls_dev_sysctl_unregister(struct net_device *dev,
struct mpls_dev *mdev)
{
struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
- const struct ctl_table *table;
if (!mdev->sysctl)
return;
- table = mdev->sysctl->ctl_table_arg;
unregister_net_sysctl_table(mdev->sysctl);
- kfree(table);
mpls_netconf_notify_devconf(net, RTM_DELNETCONF, 0, mdev);
}
@@ -2705,43 +2690,35 @@ static int mpls_platform_labels(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return ret;
}
-#define MPLS_NS_SYSCTL_OFFSET(field) \
- (&((struct net *)0)->field)
+#define MPLS_DATA(type, field) \
+static type *mpls_ ## field ## _data(const struct sysctl_context *ctx) \
+{ \
+ return &ctx->ns.net_ns->mpls.field; \
+}
-static const struct ctl_table mpls_table[] = {
- {
- .procname = "platform_labels",
- .data = NULL,
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = mpls_platform_labels,
- },
- {
- .procname = "ip_ttl_propagate",
- .data = MPLS_NS_SYSCTL_OFFSET(mpls.ip_ttl_propagate),
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
- .extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
- },
- {
- .procname = "default_ttl",
- .data = MPLS_NS_SYSCTL_OFFSET(mpls.default_ttl),
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
- .extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE,
- .extra2 = &ttl_max,
- },
+static void *mpls_net_data(const struct sysctl_context *ctx)
+{
+ return ctx->ns.net_ns;
+}
+
+MPLS_DATA(int, ip_ttl_propagate)
+MPLS_DATA(int, default_ttl)
+
+static const struct sysctl_field mpls_table[] = {
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("platform_labels", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ mpls_net_data, mpls_platform_labels),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_STATIC_INT_MINMAX("ip_ttl_propagate", 0644,
+ mpls_ip_ttl_propagate_data, SYSCTL_ZERO,
+ SYSCTL_ONE),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_STATIC_INT_MINMAX("default_ttl", 0644, mpls_default_ttl_data,
+ SYSCTL_ONE, &ttl_max),
};
static __net_init int mpls_net_init(struct net *net)
{
- size_t table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(mpls_table);
- struct ctl_table *table;
- int i;
-
+ struct sysctl_context ctx = {
+ .ns.net_ns = net,
+ };
mutex_init(&net->mpls.platform_mutex);
seqcount_mutex_init(&net->mpls.platform_label_seq, &net->mpls.platform_mutex);
@@ -2750,23 +2727,11 @@ static __net_init int mpls_net_init(struct net *net)
net->mpls.ip_ttl_propagate = 1;
net->mpls.default_ttl = 255;
- table = kmemdup(mpls_table, sizeof(mpls_table), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (table == NULL)
+ net->mpls.ctl = register_sysctl_fields(&net->sysctls, "net/mpls",
+ mpls_table, &ctx);
+ if (!net->mpls.ctl)
return -ENOMEM;
- /* Table data contains only offsets relative to the base of
- * the mdev at this point, so make them absolute.
- */
- for (i = 0; i < table_size; i++)
- table[i].data = (char *)net + (uintptr_t)table[i].data;
-
- net->mpls.ctl = register_net_sysctl_sz(net, "net/mpls", table,
- table_size);
- if (net->mpls.ctl == NULL) {
- kfree(table);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
return 0;
}
@@ -2774,12 +2739,9 @@ static __net_exit void mpls_net_exit(struct net *net)
{
struct mpls_route __rcu **platform_label;
size_t platform_labels;
- const struct ctl_table *table;
unsigned int index;
- table = net->mpls.ctl->ctl_table_arg;
unregister_net_sysctl_table(net->mpls.ctl);
- kfree(table);
/* An rcu grace period has passed since there was a device in
* the network namespace (and thus the last in flight packet)
--
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